Dutch regulator gives Endorphina two weeks to keep its games off illegal casinos

The Netherlands Gambling Authority (Kansspelautoriteit, KSA) has ordered slot supplier Endorphina to stop its games being offered to Dutch players on unlicensed gambling websites. The binding instruction, dated October 19, 2026, was published on November 2.

The order is addressed to Endorphina Limited, based in Malta, and Endorphina Ltd., based in Cyprus. According to the decision, both companies must take "adequate measures" within two weeks of the decision date to counter the promotion of unlicensed gambling in the Netherlands, and inform the KSA of the steps taken. The regulator says this can include technical measures in Endorphina's own operations and contract terms with the operators and distributors that take its games.

What the KSA found

The KSA based the instruction on Article 34n of the Dutch Betting and Gaming Act (Wet op de kansspelen), which lets it order parties that facilitate illegal gambling to change course.

According to the decision, KSA investigators played Endorphina games from Dutch IP addresses without being blocked on 13 unlicensed websites between January 12 and February 19, 2026. Further checks found the games on 19 sites in June and on 8 high-traffic sites on September 29 and 30. Titles named in the decision include Hell Hot 100, Bad Santa, Wild Love and Cockroach Fortune.

The decision says Endorphina games were still available on qbet.com and luckygem.com, even though the KSA had already imposed orders subject to penalty payments on those sites.

Contact between Endorphina and the regulator

The KSA first contacted Endorphina in early April and met the company on April 16, the decision says. It sent a list of affected sites on April 29 and warned on May 13 that enforcement could follow. Endorphina declined a further meeting on June 1, citing the summer period. The KSA sent notice of its intended instruction to the Maltese company on July 14 and to the Cypriot company on September 9.

Endorphina's response

In written responses dated July 23 and September 22, Endorphina said the two companies are separate legal entities, that it supplies games only to licensed operators, often through B2B intermediaries, and that it had restricted access to its games on the named sites in July 2026. It did not admit a breach.

The KSA said in the decision that intent, and which group company supplied the games, do not change its assessment. It added that Endorphina had not shared the results of its own investigation, had not taken trademark action against the sites, and that the required measures are not complex.

Endorphina can file an objection within six weeks. Doing so does not suspend the instruction. The decision is signed on behalf of the KSA board by P.J.H. Benner, team manager for supervision.

For earlier KSA action against the illegal market, see our report on its record fine against unlicensed operator EOD Code. Its own figures on the licensed market are in our report on the KSA market scan.

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